It was announced this weekend that David O. Russell is in the process of writing an adaption of Matthew Quick’s novel The Silver Linings Playbook. On March 9, I filmed Matthew Quick reading an excerpt of his novel and praising David O. Russell’s screenplay adaptation. I can’t wait to see the novel adapted into a film.
/Film, included the video of Matthew Quick reading his novel.
“Taking the Hollywood Report at face value, the screenplay hasn’t been written yet. In fact, it has, and in the video – which you can see below the break – Quick describes it as “phenomenal” and says he’s “really excited about” it. Every screenplay of Russell’s that I know, so far filmed or not, is pretty darn good so I’m inclined to believe him. And it’s good to know the creator is on side, at the very least to quell worries of bad PR and creative battles. We all know, I think that Russell loves a good creative battle (or do I just mean ‘I know we all think’?).
…The casting process is currently underway, and your Fantasy Studio actor suggestions are welcome in the comments if you have any. Here’s that video.”
Shakespeare Sonnet 138 recited from memory by Daniel Wallace
SONNET 138
When my love swears that she is made of truth
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor’d youth,
Unlearned in the world’s false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows my days are past the best,
Simply I credit her false speaking tongue:
On both sides thus is simple truth suppress’d.
But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love’s best habit is in seeming trust,
And age in love loves not to have years told:
Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flatter’d be.
Filmed by: Chris Barrett
Special thanks: Elizabeth Licorish
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19 year old actor Craig Bazan performs monologue from William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.
In the summer of 2007, I filmed Craig Bazan performing a monologue from Hamlet entitled “Hamlet on the Street” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-cfEncd6Y ) across the street from his high school in Camden, NJ. The video went on to be featured on the front page of YouTube and on ABC News. Craig Bazan is now a theater major at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare’s earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s. It depicts a Roman general who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with his enemy Tamora, the Queen of the Goths. The play is by far Shakespeare’s bloodiest work.
On Sunday, I filmed author Matthew Quick reading an excerpt from his debut novel THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.
Tiffany’s Head Floating over the Waves: a chapter from THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: A Novel by Matthew Quick (Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2008). The Weinstein Company has optioned the movie rights, and David O. Russell has written the screenplay. TSLP was short-listed for The PEN/Hemingway and lauded by National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, People, Kirkus Reviews, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Publishers Weekly, Pearl’s Picks, and others. TSLP has been translated into Spanish and Italian and has been published in the UK by Picador.
For more information please visit: http://www.matthewmquick.com.
Filmed by: Chris Barrett
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